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Kou Oobatake (大畠功) vs Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)

Two careers, 50 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Kou Oobatake (大畠功) (Japan) and Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河) (Japan) have met in 50 rounds across 21 competitions since 2011. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河) leads Kou Oobatake (大畠功): 33 finishes in front to 17.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河) holds the faster single in 8, Kou Oobatake (大畠功) in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKou Oobatake (大畠功) singleaverageRyouga Hayashi (林竜河) singleaverage
3×313.0515.2310.9613.34
2×22.696.032.785.55
4×41:02.551:16.0951.631:00.14
5×51:56.562:16.351:05.711:11.21
6×65:34.695:41.641:58.382:04.78
7×78:00.558:20.402:48.122:57.77
3×3 blindfolded55.901:27.533:46.365:51.82
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves34.6748 moves
3×3 one-handed24.1828.6932.3538.45
Clock13.4415.277.539.13
Megaminx2:46.183:03.671:36.271:44.28
Pyraminx10.8813.117.189.29
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 59:271 of 2 cubes · 20:00

Year by year

every meeting, 50 rounds in all
20112023busiest year: 30 meetings2011: 42012: 302013: 32014: 32015: 42018: 22019: 22023: 2

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKou Oobatake (大畠功)Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)ahead
2023Otsu Biwako Autumn 20233×3First round16.6816.05Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round15.2315.04Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2019Hiroshima Open 20193×3 blindfoldedFinal1:46.504:18.60Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
2019Reiwa Anniversary 20193×3 blindfoldedFinal1:14.47Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
2018Saitama 20183×3 blindfoldedFinal1:41.06Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
2018Saitama 20183×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:46.304:22.90Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
2015Japan Open 20153×3First round21.3115.45Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015World Rubik's Cube Championship 20153×3First round30.1118.61Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015JRCA Kansai Spring 20153×3First round30.4015.78Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015Kansai Open 20153×3First round26.1717.11Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2014Cube Camp in Kanazawa 20143×3First round23.2817.41Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2014Cube Camp in Kanazawa 20143×3 blindfoldedFinal2:11.634:49.28Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
2014Kansai Open 20143×3First round27.6117.46Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2013Japan Open 20133×3First round17.6817.57Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)

Full careers: Kou Oobatake (大畠功) · Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河). A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.